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I start on a syndicate water, ( my first time ) on the glorious 16th of June. I found out there’s a 47lb er I don’t know if it’s a common or mirror and I don’t want to know, which could go 50 this year so that’s my PB sorted , checked the rules, had a spy on the good old google earth and that’s about it. It’s 10mins bike ride away iv had a good look and will be just taking my marker rod for a while. There’s lots of vids on the YouTube how to fish it and pics of the fish but I don’t want to bother with any of that. My goals ...are to enjoy myself and do my own thing ...

I work the weekend so I can get the 2 days off in the week and hopefully get two swims close this is on day ticket waters but it doesn’t always pan out other anglers have the same idea, and carp angling is getting Sooo popular year by year Welcome to the forum 👍

Must swims it would be impossible to go for a full pendulum with the long drop... but a half pendulum is doable I can remember vividly fishing a big sea open comp in South Wales in 1986 over 300 anglers + would attend and on the best marks we all fished close, the big casters would stand well back from the line of anglers and do a full pen but give a warning shout. I was looking at one of the boys winding up for a big cast when his thumb slipped off the multiplier we all ducked and wondered where the lead fell when a fluorescent green shock leader fluttered down and landed across me the lead missed me by a rod length.

Looks nice in the camo... they got a bit of a Sonik sale going on at the mo

If you got one of them fridge freezers the one with the little ice cream compartment this is not for you 😉

Yep 3-3.5 distance lead will do it

I got a Chub Vantage 1 man very happy with the bivvy it seems like a 1:1/2 man use that for 48hr +.and a very old JRC stealth brolly for short sessions up to a 24 hr.

Crocs in the summer for slipping on when getting out of the bag but still take the wellies, leave the Crocs home in the winter tho..the Navatas wellies are Sooo light and they come with a liner which you can wear in your bag... I hate doing muddy bootlaces up.

Even got his own toilet paper 😳

I had a thought earlier...(I get them now and then) 🤔 best check the fishy license...and it run out last week 🙄

I find the wettest rain is a fine mist rain especially if you’re using a brolly... if that makes any sense

Best of luck Commonly + Carpbell 🤞

That wouldn’t go down well with the match boys 🤭

Can I have your Sonic loyalty card please 🙏🏻

Sonic will be gutted... they may have to lay people off

My bro got a VW camper T 5 I believe it is just before Covid hit he went camping over the bank holiday for the 1st time and had 2 notes left on the window to see if he was interested in selling.

The prices for a camper van have gone sky high this past year with the Covid situation

I do the both that is over nights for the carp and course fishing, love them both. If I’m carp fishing and it’s quite il reel one of the rods in and have a spin or put a feeder rod out. That’s how I got the 3 x two pound + Roach. In between trips il have a go for anything that’s swims at the course lake you get a carp about 8-12 pound on a float rod wow pure fun 👍

Had to check the date thought it was April 1st

Well I got the nod today and I’m in a syndicate for the first time ever. I can’t fish till June tho. Back to pastures old is appropriate as I first fished there when I was 10 so a lot of fish has past under the bridge since then. There was only scrapyards and waste ground then and now hotels and luxurious flats abound it’s very urban fishing. Going to be a Challenge and I’m looking forward to it.

No a fart

Is that a remote control digger cus there’s no one driving 😉 I follow letsdig18 on the YouTube he operates a Volvo 220 mainly. 30 ton in four buckets 😳

Elmo defo not a over baiting noddy, your a thinking angler mate with a plan 👍 if the sliver fish are active the carp will eventually come along to have a look it’s in there nature

I make my plastic more porous by piercing them several times with a baiting needle then drop them in a dip pressing down with the handle of the baiting needle couple of times so it sucks in the dip.

That’s sounds like a lot of work. You be careful up there... tie the ladder off and a bag of sand at the foot of the ladder